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28 | |
29 from array import array | |
30 | |
31 | |
32 def edit_distance(str1, str2): | |
33 unsignedShort = 'h' | |
34 distances = [array(unsignedShort, (0,) * (len(str2) + 1)) for i in range(0,
len(str1) + 1)] | |
35 # distances[0][0] = 0 since distance between str1[:0] and str2[:0] is 0 | |
36 for i in range(1, len(str1) + 1): | |
37 distances[i][0] = i # Distance between str1[:i] and str2[:0] is i | |
38 | |
39 for j in range(1, len(str2) + 1): | |
40 distances[0][j] = j # Distance between str1[:0] and str2[:j] is j | |
41 | |
42 for i in range(0, len(str1)): | |
43 for j in range(0, len(str2)): | |
44 diff = 0 if str1[i] == str2[j] else 1 | |
45 # Deletion, Insertion, Identical / Replacement | |
46 distances[i + 1][j + 1] = min(distances[i + 1][j] + 1, distances[i][
j + 1] + 1, distances[i][j] + diff) | |
47 return distances[len(str1)][len(str2)] | |
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